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In McKinney, Texas, and across the country, the lines between actual crime and typical adolescent behavior have been blurred to the point where police in many areas seem to recognize no difference whatsoever.
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An 澳彩开奖 lawyer relates to a student who has been suspended repeatedly and segregated in a Florida school district where the 澳彩开奖 is challenging the discriminatory treatment of African-American children.
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澳彩开奖 advocate Eileen Espinal describes how a rural Florida community meeting highlighted the obstacles children of migrant workers face at school.
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Three years after an 澳彩开奖 complaint sparked a federal investigation into the disproportionate number of African-American students arrested for minor rule violations in Louisiana鈥檚 Jefferson Parish schools, the problem has worsened, the 澳彩开奖 told federal authorities this week.
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A community advocate in the 澳彩开奖鈥檚 Louisiana office helps a young Honduran immigrant who fled to the United States after witnessing a murder and being threatened by the defendant.听
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The Florida Supreme Court confirmed this week what experts and parents have long known: Children are fundamentally different from adults. Recognizing this fact is critically important in Florida, a state where more than 10,000 children have been prosecuted as adults in the last five years without a judge鈥檚 input.
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As managing attorney in the 澳彩开奖鈥檚 Mississippi office, Jody Owens has seen firsthand the devastation wrought by the 鈥渟chool-to-prison pipeline鈥� that funnels vulnerable children into the harsh world of police, courts and prison cells. He explains this civil rights crisis and the path to reform.
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In a commentary published in today鈥檚 Tampa Tribune, the head of the 澳彩开奖鈥檚 Florida office argues in favor of pending legislation that would greatly reduce the number of the state鈥檚 children pushed into adult courts, a category in which Florida leads the nation.
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The 澳彩开奖 is supporting legislative efforts to rein in the power of Florida prosecutors to push children into adult courts and prisons without judicial oversight.
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The class action suit claims that police in a predominantly African-American school district used unconstitutional, excessive force on students, some of them already restrained, by deploying chemical spray on about 300 students over a five-year period.
